Where does “rosicatura” come from?

rosicatura (Italian) comes from Italian rosicare, from Vulgar Latin rosicare, from Latin rōdere, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.

rosicatura (Italian): nibbling, gnawing

Definitions

  1. nibbling, gnawing

Ancestry of “rosicatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianrosicareto gnaw, nibble
2Vulgar Latinrosicarepresent active infinitive of *rōsicō
3Latinrōdere—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →Every word from Latin rōdere →Every word from Vulgar Latin rosicare →